Category:O-daiko (ca. 1873), Kodenji Hayashi (attributed to). Tohshima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. MET 89.4.1236

O-daiko 

membranophone-double-headed / barrel drum highlighted in The MET collection
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Instance of	taiko (O-daiko)
Depicts	dragon, fish, fishing, rooster and crane
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Collection	Metropolitan Museum of Art (collection highlight, 1889–) Musical Instruments (89.4.1236, 1889–)
Inventory number	89.4.1236 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Inception	1873
Authority file  Q29385575 The Met object ID: 501802 Reasonator Scholia Wikidocumentaries PetScan statistics WikiMap Locator tool KML file Search depicted

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• Kodenji Hayashi (attributed to) (ca. 1873). [89.4.1236] O-daiko. Tohshima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, since 1889, Accession Number: 89.4.1236 , ObjectID: 501802.
  "​ Maker: Attributed to Kodenji Hayashi (Japanese, Nagoya 1831–1915) ",
  "​ Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889 ",
  "​ [Description] O-daiko, a barrel drum played in temples, theater orchestras and at festivals. This unusually ornate o-daiko, with its cloisonné stand and body, was made by order of the Japanese government for the Vienna Exposition of 1873, the first in which Japan participated formally as a nation. The drum's cowhide skins, decorated with lacquer-work dragons were never sounded. Instead the drum is a symbol of peace as indicated by the presence of a rooster atop the instrument. An ancient story tells of a drum placed at a village gate to sound an alarm during an attack. As the years passed the drum was never used. Hens and roosters began to live in the drum and this image became an emblem of contentment and peace. "
• "あま市#市域の変遷" in Japanese Wikipedia. Retrieved on 28 June 2018.
  Note: location in geography field: "Tohshima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan" (愛知県遠島) means ja:愛知県ja:あま市ja:七宝町遠島 (Shippō-chō-Tohshima, Ama, Aichi, Japan), a former 愛知県ja:海東郡宝村遠島 (Tohshima, Takara-village, Kaitō-gun, Aichi, Japan), a further former 愛知県海東郡遠島村 (Tohshima-village).